The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-20
VOL. III. NO, %.
CURRENT TOPICS.

PETROLEUM has becn ulseoNcFeu IN lhl.
estine Tex,
BRooKLrSi is threatened with an epidemic
OF smallpox.
ILLINOIS has seven lady county superin.
tendents OF schools
SENATOR BRowN, Of Georgia, says he has
no idea Of resigniug.
TuE present winter is the coldest for
Years in Washington. fs "
TINS month has liyo Sundays, with four
changes OF thc moon
LoNpoN workmenarc crying "Giye Us
work or give lis breadp'
TnERE is an increase Of Mexican ore com.
ing into the United States.
TnE ice crop In this country promises 10
be extraordinarily abundant.
1T Ia said the Mormon lobby In WashinL
ton has already cost the church $4,000.
BAN SNAIL has returned TO Journalism
having taken charge Of the Southern ErGn
gellt. II
KISo K,G4KArA received no fewer thar
Ave copies OF the Bible on his hftieth ami
versary.
GoyERNoR LrE, of virginin, is credited
with being the champion checkerplayer OF
the South.
Is New York Clly there are 5000 families
who receive help irom charitable hssoeia
tons and the city,
IS,Scranton, Pa, the authorities propose
10 prosecute physician who lost q patient
through carclcssness
A aoLprN throne, presented by the people
Of Naples, has been sent 90 Rome as alu
bilee gift TO the Pope
NJ PAsIrtM Is 10 retire from active
practice soon 20 avoid paralysis, wlth
which he Is threatened.
Iris said that at the last Gladstone birth
day ball Miss Helen Gladstone danced with
hnr fathers coachman.
Tnr Post oficc Department has refused
20 sanction tho naming Of postonees after
Sitting Bull and Geronimo
Hans HiwnN, of Minncsct@ has a
daughter twelve years OLD, wha has p!owcd
liz acres Of his farm FOR him
Eionr thousand dollars was found IN an
old apron Of venerable woman who died
at Port Pleasant, y. j. lately,
NtSE persons who are between ono hun,
dred aud one hundred and nine years OF
age died la Philadelphia last year
THE Prohibitionsts have one hundred
aud twenty .ninc organs IN the United
States 10 the liquor dealers eight
Ara party In Middletown, Conn, the
guests piled their wraps on a bed, fatally
smotheriug baby which was asleep In the
bed
TnE Oldest library In the world is that Of
Kwotole KEN which was established dur
ing the Chow dynasty in China tB' Co
ll22)
IL tho United States threo newspapers
arc devoted to the siIkworm, six 20 the
honoy-boe, and not less than thirtyttwo 20
poultry,
Tnr Empress Of Austria and Queen Olga
of Greece, are said 10 be about the only
rcigning women in Europe who can DO
called beautiful.
THREE women fully qualified and nccrod-
itcd to practice medicine lately sailed for
India, where there Is said to he great do
mand for their services
TuE Hsh hatchery at Potoskcy Mich has
2220Oo, 900 young white fish waiting to be
planted IN the spring. The output WI be
larger than ever before :"
A CmcAoo butcher admits that two.
thirds Of the canned meat sold IN the mar
kcts there as chicken is In reality the meat
of rabbits that have been long frozen.
ourrS VIcToRA has received fortune
Of 81, 100000 through the death Of William
Heathcoto, of Hilhngdon, he dying intcs-
tate and without any known relatives,
AN Engnshman In Colorado who was
without means blew outhis brains Just Two
minutes before q friond came IN with a let
ter from home inclosing him draft Tor
1900.
AT the recent meeting Of the Ministerial
Council, the Car declared that he wosld
have no war, and actually shook his iist u,
one OF the ministers who had manifested
belicose views,
THE Queen mother Of Spain has mado nn
apreement with her creditors by which
she keeps $4,000 Of her revenue and they
take tho remaining sla0O0 Her ITO Is
heavily insured.
TnE thermometers at Fort keogh, Mont,
a few days ago, nearly had the bottoms
knocked out OF them, the mercury going
down 10 Atty degrees below zero--the cold
est Of the season.
T,rTt.F Delaware seems to be well pre-
nared for rainy day Its debt is only
sso4, ,7JO and against this 1t has interest
bearing assets to the amount OF sl'l6S'W
LEGISLATOR CALLAGuAN, Of Westmore
land County, Pa, is catching it at home fol
making motion that prayer be dispenset
with by the House There is talk OF ape
tition for his resignation
THERE are seven hundred religious nn'
UNCONVENTIONAL papers published IN th'
United States, ANA nearly one-third o
them arc printed in New York, Philadei
phia, Boston and Chicago.
The ''living skeleton" Isaac w Sprague
died in Chicago of asphyxia He was ont
of the greatest freaks in the world. fiv
years ago he sold his body TO the Harvar'
medical college for $1,000
A MAN In Ontario can repeat perfeon
1876 chapters Of the Bible, fifty-eight psalm
and every collect, epistle and gospel in tn
ecclesiastical year, according to tho Emf
lish Church Prsyer-Book.
oNa pair OF stills (also on wager),
young man crossed the ice on the Hudse
river at Rhineclltfe, n. Y, rccentl,
and won by making tho entire distahe'
nearly two miles, without fall.
sHoI-pres require 10000 cords Of timS'
annually in their manufacture; matose
100000; lasts and boot trees, 10000 !
this is OF the most superior quality s.ta ~
gralred and clear of knots and gnar'.